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Dr. Shahid Masood Shah

Tenured Associate Professor
Area of Interest: Genetic Diversity and its Conservation, Marker Assisted Breeding
Email: smasood@cuiatd.edu.pk
Phone: +92-992-383591-6
 
Academics/ Degrees
  • Ph.D. 2013 Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan
  • M.Phil. 2009 Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan
  • BS (Hons.) 2003 University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
 
Journal Publications
1. Taimoor Khan,Y.Sajjad,A.Hassan,S.A.Khan,S.M.Shah,Abdul Rehman Khan Evaluating the antioxidative defense response of selected indoor plants against benzene and formaldehyde, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023
2. Ali Masood,Y.Sajjad,S.A.Khan,A.Hassan,M.Shah,S.M.Shah In vitro propagation of Geranium wallichianum: An indigenously threatened medicinal plant in Pakistan, Kuwait Journal of Science, 2023
3. Muhammad Sabar,Shahzad Amir Naveed,Muhammad Arif,S.M.Shah,Abdul Rehman Khan,Muhammad Musaddiq Shah,Tahir Awan Introgression of Drought Tolerance into Elite Basmati Rice Variety through Marker-Assisted Backcrossing, Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, 2023
4. S.M.Shah Recent trends in green synthesis of silver, gold, and zinc oxide nanoparticles and their application in nanosciences and toxicity: a review. , Nanotechnology for Environmental Engineering, 2022
5. Kashif Aslam,Sajid Fiaz,S.M.Shah,Abdul Rehman Khan,Shahzad Amir Naveed Identification of QTLs for rice grain size and weight by high-throughput SNP markers in the IR64 x Sadri population, Frontiers in Genetics, 2022
6. Muhammad Arif,S.M.Shah Basmati genome recovery and functional annotation using tunable-genotyping by sequencing, Pak. J. Agri. Sci, 2022
7. Jianlong Xu,S.M.Shah Identification of Candidate Genes for Salinity and Anaerobic Tolerance at the Germination Stage in Rice by Genome-Wide Association Analyses, Frontiers in Genetics, 2022
8. Sidra Rehman ,S.M.Shah Phytochemical Screening and Protective Effects of Prunus Persica Seeds Extract on Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Hepatic Injury in Rats, Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, 2022
9. Zainab Rehman,Abdul Rehman Khan,A. Baig,Ghulam Shabir,Kashif Aslam,Muhammad Shahzad,Sidra Rehman,S.M.Shah Drought Stress Induces Differential DNA Methylation Shift at Symmetric and Asymmetric Cytosine Sites in the Promoter Region of ZmEXPB2 Gene in Maize, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE & BIOLOGY, 2021
10. Dr. Sidra Rehman,Shifa Shah,Azeem Mehood Butt,S.M.Shah,Zahra Jabeen,Amjad Nadeem Biochemical Profiling and Elucidation of Biological Activities of Beta vulgaris L. Leaves and Roots Extracts, Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 2021
11. Wasim Sajjad,Feng He,Muhammad Wajid Ullah,Ikram Muhammad,S.M.Shah,R.Khan,T.Khan,Ayesha Khalid,Guang Yang,F. Wahid Fabrication of Bacterial Cellulose-Curcumin Nanocomposite as a Novel Dressing for Partial Thickness Skin Burn, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology , 2020
12. Ghulam Shabir,Abdul Rehman Khan,S.M.Shah,Kashif Aslam Photoperiodic Stress induces genotype-specific shift in DNA methylation in Tartary Buckwheat., Biologia Futura, 2019
13. S.M.Shah,Abdul Rehman Khan,A.Nazir,Ghulam Shabir,Kashif Aslam Evaluation of Sequence Related Amplified Polymorphic Markers for genetic characterization of Mentha species from Pakistan, Philippine Journal of Crop Science, 2019
14. Abdul Rehman Khan,M. Shahzad,S.M.Shah,Ghulam Shabir,Kashif Aslam Salt Stress Induces Genotype-specific DNA Hypomethylation in ZmEXPB2 and ZmXET1 Genes in Maize, Cereal Research Communications, 2019
15. S.M.Shah,Abdul Rehman Khan Comparative Analysis of Genomic Variation and Population Structure of Rice (Oryza sativa L.), International Journal of Agriculture and Biology , 2019
16. Abdul Rehman Khan,S.M.Shah,Ghulam Shabir,Kashif Aslam,Sumaira Rasul,Hamid Manzoo An Overview of the Genetics of Plant Response to Salt Stress: Present Status and the Way Forward, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2018
17. S.M.Shah,F. Wahid,A.Nazir Phytochemical profiling and antiviral activity of Ajuga bracteosa, Ajuga parviflora, Berberis lycium and Citrus lemon against Hepatitis C Virus, Microbial Pathogenesis, 2018
18. S.M.Shah A phytobeneficial strain Planomicrobium sp. MSSA-10 triggered oxidative stress responsive mechanisms and regulated the growth of pea plants under induced saline environment, Journal of Applied Microbiology , 2018
19. S.M.Shah,F. Wahid,Sidra Rehman,A.Nazir Cellular and Molecular Studies on Selected Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus Infection, Pakistan Journal of Botany, 2017
20. Kashif Aslam,Muhammad Shahid,Hamid Manzoor,Sibgha Noreen,Mueen Alam Khan,Muhammad Baber,Muhammad Sabar,Muhammad Arif,S.M.Shah,Abdul Rehman Khan,Ghulam Shabir Rice Molecular Markers and Genetic Mapping: Current Status and Prospects, Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2017
21. S.M.Shah,Muhammad Arif,Kashif Aslam,Ghulam Shabir,Michael J. Thomson Genetic diversity analysis of Pakistan rice (Oryza sativa) germplasm using multiplexed single nucleotide polymorphism markers, Genet Resour Crop Evol, 2016
22. Kashif Aslam,Muhammad Sabar,Muhammad Arif,S.M.Shah,Ghulam Sabir Identification of SSR markers to find adulteration in elite basmati rice varieties, Environment and Plant System,Aug 2015, 2015
23. S.M.Shah,Abdul Rehman Khan,GHULAM SHABIR,BILAL HAIDER ABBASI,ZABTA KHAN SHINWARI,MUHAMMAD ARIF,KASHIF ASLAM POPULATION STRUCTURE AND DIVERSITY OF THE AA GENOME OF RICE BASED ON SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEATS VARIATION IN ORGANELLE GENOME, Pakistan Journal of Botany, 2015
24. Gulzar Akhtar,Ahsan Akram,Y.Sajjad,Hasan Sardar,Kaleem Naseem,S.M.Shah Potential of plant growth regulators on modulating rooting of Rosa centifolia, American Journal of Plant Sciences 6(5), 2015
25. Abdul Rehman Khan,S.M.Shah,M.Irshad Immediate and Transgenerational Regulation of Plant Stress Response through DNA Methylation, Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2015
26. S.M.Shah,S. A. Naveed,M. Arif Genetic diversity in basmati and non-basmati rice varieties based on microsatellite markers., Pakistan Journal of Botany, 2013
27. J. I. Wattoo,K. Aslam,S.M.Shah,G. Shabir,M. Sabar,S. A. Naveed,R. Waheed,Samiullah,Q. H. Muqaddasi,M. Arif Ethyle methane sulphonate (EMS) induced mutagenic attempts to create genetic variability in Basmati r ice, Journal of Plant Breeding and Crop Science , 2012
 
 
Profile/Bio
Professional and Research Experience:
  • Tenured Associate Professor , Department of Biotechnology , COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan
  • Feb. 2014 till March 2022: Assistant Professor , Department of Biotechnology , COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan
  • 2007 to 2008, Horticulturist. Attock Refinery Limited, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
 
 
Research Interests

·         ·         Understanding genetic diversity of the plants for their conservation

  •         Crop improvement by marker assisted breeding
  •        Mushroom cultivation technology development

 
Awards
  • Indigenous PhD award from HEC for M.Phil. leading to PhD in Pakistan from 2008 to 2013 
  • International Research Support Initiative Program form HEC for International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Philippines in 2011
 
Research Projects

Project Title

PI/Co-PI

Agency

Status:

In vitro propagation and somaclonal variation in medicinally important Arisaema Species.

PI

HEC

Completed

Use of Clean Technology to Convert Industrial Wastes into Valuable Biomedical Materials by Micro-organisms.

PI

CUI

Completed

Epigenetics Regulation of ZmASR1 Gene Under Water Stress in Maize.

Co-PI

CUI

In-progress

Assessment of Native Morchella Species Growth Factors In Situ and their

Implementation for Pilot Scale Production in Pakistan

PI

NRPU

In progress

Induction of Transgenerational Epigenetic Variation for the Drought Tolerant Tomato Production

Co-PI

NRPU

In-progress

 
Students Supervised

  •    Cellular and Molecular Studies on Selected Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus Infection, Tahir Yousaf, Fall 2016
  •         Genetic and Nutritional Characterization of on Farm Cultivated Buckwheat. Muhammad Iqbal, Fall 2017
  •    Enhancement and Assessment of Secondary Metabolites of Bergenia Species by Tissue Culturing Technique, Sehrish Latif, Spring 2018
  •    Identification and Expression of Cold Stress Responsive Genes in Buckwheat Najam Awan, Spring 2019
  •     Effect of Cold Stress on Polyphenols of Fagopyrum esculentum and Fagopyrum tartaricum, Momina Ilyas, Fall 2019
  •     Optimization of Mycelial Growth of Morels from Galyat and Swat Area, Haseena Bibi, Spring 2021
  •  Association Study of microRNA Binding Site Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms with Breast Cancer in Pakistani Population, Muhammad Usman, Spring 2021
  •     Evaluation of DNA Methylation Patterns in Solanum lycopersicum Under Cold Stress, Sana Khan, Spring 2021
  •    Assessment of Nuclear Diversity of Morchella Species from Northern Regions of Pakistan, Ahtezaz Rafiq, Fall 2021